Hello,
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I took Dino to the vet because he lost weight. He was around 675 g and got down to 600 g. He is almost 5 years old and 22 inches. He is range free(has his cage on the floor next to the sliding glas door), 10 uvb Reptisun, 100 w basking light. His substrate is stone(from Petco). I will post a picture with his setup. I know everyone has their opinions on free range, but it is what it is at the moment.. I have no one else living with me, no other pet and I have a camera to see if he spends too much time out of the terrarium.. I think he is happy with his freedom. My apartment is always above 75 f as I am cold natured also.
He was in brumation, but when he was back to his active self, he was not eating as much..
*2-4 superworms twice a week
*crickets every once in a while and those would be 2-10 crickets.
*he wouldn't say no to wax worms and hornworms. *Dubias were untouched.
*He always has a fresh plate of collard, mustard and kale with yellow and red pepper, and berries a few times a week(which he doesn't touch).
The vet did an xray, lab/blood work, stool test. While waiting for the results, she gave him calcium at home.
The results came back:
*potassium meq/l
Dino - 7(high) range 2.6-6.1
*differential heterophils /μL
Dino - 6600(absolute 66%) range 1146-6238
Those are the two abnormal ones. Doctor said to put him on Baytril(0.3 mg/once a day for 14 days). She said maybe infection or inflammation.
I've read so many horror stories about bearded dragons on Baytril.. I don't know what to do... I am devastated..
I take him every year to the vet and everytime they say he's a healthy, curious boy..
He seems so happy for the past week. He has been eating 10 superworms one day, next day 20 crickets plus a hornworm, the other day he had wax worms and a small hornworm(I know.. they shouldn't be fed that many, but I didn't know what to do until I heard back from the vet..)
He is active. Staying in his terrarium as always, he only takes a lap of the living room, and goes back to his basking spot.. his beard is always white and he is alert.. but he dropped another 15 g..
No environment changes, nothing new to make him stress out..
What should I do..? I don't want to hurt him.. he is my baby
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I took Dino to the vet because he lost weight. He was around 675 g and got down to 600 g. He is almost 5 years old and 22 inches. He is range free(has his cage on the floor next to the sliding glas door), 10 uvb Reptisun, 100 w basking light. His substrate is stone(from Petco). I will post a picture with his setup. I know everyone has their opinions on free range, but it is what it is at the moment.. I have no one else living with me, no other pet and I have a camera to see if he spends too much time out of the terrarium.. I think he is happy with his freedom. My apartment is always above 75 f as I am cold natured also.
He was in brumation, but when he was back to his active self, he was not eating as much..
*2-4 superworms twice a week
*crickets every once in a while and those would be 2-10 crickets.
*he wouldn't say no to wax worms and hornworms. *Dubias were untouched.
*He always has a fresh plate of collard, mustard and kale with yellow and red pepper, and berries a few times a week(which he doesn't touch).
The vet did an xray, lab/blood work, stool test. While waiting for the results, she gave him calcium at home.
The results came back:
*potassium meq/l
Dino - 7(high) range 2.6-6.1
*differential heterophils /μL
Dino - 6600(absolute 66%) range 1146-6238
Those are the two abnormal ones. Doctor said to put him on Baytril(0.3 mg/once a day for 14 days). She said maybe infection or inflammation.
I've read so many horror stories about bearded dragons on Baytril.. I don't know what to do... I am devastated..
I take him every year to the vet and everytime they say he's a healthy, curious boy..
He seems so happy for the past week. He has been eating 10 superworms one day, next day 20 crickets plus a hornworm, the other day he had wax worms and a small hornworm(I know.. they shouldn't be fed that many, but I didn't know what to do until I heard back from the vet..)
He is active. Staying in his terrarium as always, he only takes a lap of the living room, and goes back to his basking spot.. his beard is always white and he is alert.. but he dropped another 15 g..
No environment changes, nothing new to make him stress out..
What should I do..? I don't want to hurt him.. he is my baby